Where does “nuokkutalvikki” come from?

nuokkutalvikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish talvikki, from Finnish talvi, from Proto-Finnic talvi, from Proto-Uralic tälwä — winter.

nuokkutalvikki (Finnish): one-sided wintergreen

Definitions

  1. one-sided wintergreen

Ancestry of “nuokkutalvikki”, step by step

nuokkutalvikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish talvikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalvikkiwintergreen
2Finnishtalviwinter
3Proto-Finnictalviwinter
4Proto-Uralictälwäwinter

via Finnish nuokkua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuokkuato nod, sway; to nod; to doze, nap
Every word from Proto-Uralic tälwä →Every word from Proto-Finnic talvi →Every word from Finnish talvi →
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